Foot-impression-taking device



G. G. ROSINO.

FOOT IMPRESSION TAKING DEVI'CE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, |918. RENEWEDAUG. 2l. 1922.

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G. ROSINO. FOOT IMPRESSION TAKINGDEVICE. APPLICATION man FEB. 9, |918.nEN'EwED Aue. 21, 1922.

Patented Nov. 2L 1922i,

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'JTOOT-LMPBIESSGNEAKING DEVICE.

Application filed February 9, 1918, Serial No. 216,414. Renewed August21, 192,2. Serial No. 55337427.

To cN w71 omJ/f/miy/ concern/i.' after the bottom Li might readily bedis-n Be it known that l, Giniiiin'r (i. llosiiNo, a pensed Vith itdesired. in the boX 1 is a-icitizen ot the United States, residin atSanranpjed the endless inliiinp; member 5 preterdusliy7 iii the countyot Erie and. State of ably made oi? rubber andpassing,r around the 5Ohio` here invented certain new and useful rollers 6 and '.7. the roller6 being disposed 60 improvements in Foot-impressioni-Taking beneath arross piece 8 and the roller 'i' be- Deifices7 of which the lollcivingis a specifineath a cross piece 9 notched at 9 as seen ration. inFigure 1. The roller-s 6 and 7 are jour- This invention embodies anovice for taknaled in side plates, a pair ci' which are l ing; footimpressions of the class presented designated, 10 and the other pair ofhicli 65 in Letters Patent No, 1,225,500 granted to are designated 11,these plates being atme May 8th, 1917. rllhe essential purpose of tachedto opposite edges oliV a rigid support the invention is to provideasimple means lil about which the inkingmember travels. wherebyimpressions of toot or like part The support 12 is really aboard to theunder l5 may be readilymade upon a sheet oit paper side ot which aresecured lll-shaped plates .70 or similar material, the impression thusthe ends oi? which constitute legs 13 resting; made affording a recordot the size and coniipon the bottom 41 ot the hoz; l and rigidly:tiguration of the 'foot or equivalent member, holdingI the support 12in place and disposed and additionally providing a record et any Withinthe box. fr lll-shaped plate 'le is seabnormalities el? the part theimpression ot cured tothe under side oit the support 1i? 75 which istaken. and an inking roller 15 is journaled in the ln the improvementshereof l utilize an depending ends of said plate 141 and so disendlessbelt type of inking member instead posed that it is adapted to operatein Contact of the Winding` and univinding type ot my with the endlessinlzing member 5 to supply T patent above identiiied and l provide alsoinl( to the inner surface ot said member.

some other details oit ronstriicticn iv'mi rerlibe rollers and 7 have asurface adapted. `ard to the inkinej instrumentalities as Well todistribute the ink supplied to the member as a novel arrangement of theimpression 5 by the iiiliiii roller 151 and said rollers arev sheet andsupporting` means therefor, toso arranged that they support the membertether with means for facilitating the re- 5 spaced 'from the support 12but adapted to 35 inoval, and replacement of the. endless inlrine bedepressed bythe 'foot when placed theremember. I on and moved downwards.This action re For a full understandin@ ot the present insults from theinherent elasticity of the inhveiition, reference is to behad to thetollowing member 5 which as stated be'liore, is jing description andtheaccompanying dravvmade of rubber or like substance. 90 ingr in'ivhich:As shown best in Figure 3, one of the Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa device Ournals of the roller 6 is extended to form eiuibodying` theinvention; a crank handle 16 by which the roller may Figure 2 is alongitudinal sectional viey be turned whereby to move the endless ink-40 approximately on the line 2-2 ot Figure 1; ing member 5longitudinally of the sup- 95 Figure 3 is a bottom plan. vieiv ot thereport 12 tor purposes ot re-inking the' movable inkinp; and paperholding' unit; and saine7 in an obvious manner. Plates ll lTigure L isYcross section on the line are formed with approximately rectangular fk-4of .Figure 2. extensions 11a one ot which terminates ni e5 Throughoutthe following detail descrip an arm 11b and another in an arm 11, the100 tiem and on the several figures of the dravvarm 11c havingan openingto receive one incY similar parts are referred to by like end of aremovable pintle'l? and the arm 11h rei-terence characters. having` anotch 18 {onthe saine purpose, rl`he present invention in its preferredeinrEhe4 sheet upon which impressions may be be bodiment comprisesreceptacle 1 o'j somemade bymeans oit the inking member is 105 whatbox-like tornij the same increasing` in preferably rolled and may beprinted with depth so to speak :trom one end to the other. dimensionfigures or otherwise, not shown, rl`he receptacle comprises the sides1@L and 1", it being common to use such printed sheets and the Aend-.s 2and 3:, also the bottom e. in connection with 'foot impression takingFor reasons Wllli will be @bili-01.1.5 "llfslk @Pee-.P-Si Theu of ih@P23596? is dwg' u@ i Y l 1,435,943

nated at 19 and the paper as it is unrolled from .the roll passes overthe support 12 as seen in Figures 2 and l of the drawiiigs and .issuesfrom the box 1 through a long slot 2O in the side 1"'. ont at 2l tofacilitate grasping of the edge of the paper sheet to pull the sameacross the support 12. i

As'seen in the drawings, the paper for the roll 19 when manipulated topass over the support 12 rests upon said support and is maintainedspaced from the under inked side of the inking member 5. It is thereforenecessary that the portion of the inking member 5 `above the sheet uponwhich the impression is to be made shall be depressed to establishlContact* 'between said sheet and the inkin'g member to apply the inkedimpression to the sheet. I provide on the uppersurface of the supportingmember acovering 12a. I have used billiard cloth as the preferablecovering material.

It is notable that the inking instrumentalities and the impression sheetsupply or feeding instrumentalities are assembled in one unit on andAabout the support 12 and may be bodily removed therefrom,- these partsbeing illustrated as Figure 3. Shouldit be requiredto remove and replacethe inkin-g member lofthe cross l piece 8 may be movedpivotally inthemanner shown in FigureL 3 to 4disconnect one end thereof from theadjacent side plate 10. When so moved the member 5 is detachable byslipping the same off the support. 12 edgewiseof'the latter in anobvious manner. F or the above purpose the cross piece 8 is pivoted at22 to an integral bent-over extension 23,011? the adjacent rectangularextension 11 of the adjacent plate 11.r A fastening member 24 is carriedby the other end of thecross piece 8 and is adapted to interlockingly`engage in a notch 25 ofthe adjacent plate 10.v To 'facilitatetheremovalrof the inking and paper holding unit the end of the side l near thekcrank handle 16 isnotched out at 26. i

When an impressionl has been taken in the self-evident manner of use ofmy invention, the portion of the roll of paper 19 beneath the inkingmember 5 may be readily pulled youtwards until the entireimpression-holding portion of the sheet has passed through the slot 20of the box 1. Thereafter the sheet may be pulled outwards to tear thesame olf for .use and to establish the desired record.l

In renewing the roll. of paper- 19 the inling and paper holding unitwill preferably be slightly raised at'the end supporting the cross piece8. IThe pintle rod 17 is'th'en lifted at one end from the notch 18,carried laterally, and pulled endwise to disengage it from the openingof The side 1u is notchedwhen removed, inv

the arm 11C'. The' roll may then be placed upon the pintlerod and thelatter replaced in its operative position.

The plates 10 and the plates 11 with the frame-like extensions 11:a formcentering means within the box 1 of the removable unit-'comprising thebase 12, the inking member 5 and the roll holder 17 and specificdirectly connected and 'associated parts. lIt is noted that thereceptacle or boX 1 is broadly aholder for said unit and a feature ofthe invention consists in the arrangement `of the inking device 15 sothat it will supply suiiicient ink to the member '5 for operativeimpressions, as an incident to relative -movement of the parts 15 and 5,the base 12 being always rigid and non-yielding so as to insureclearness of the impression taking-action.

Having thus 'described my invention,

, what I yclaim as new isi:

1. In afoot impression taking device, the combinationv of a'receptacle,and a removable inlring and paper holding unit `disposed therein andembodying a base, a roll paper holder mounted on said base,and'a'movable inking member extending over the base in l spaced relationthereto, the paper roll holdf ing member being arranged so that thepaper may pass therefrom -between `the inking meinberand the basetransversely'respecting movement of the inling member.

2. In afoot impression taking device, the combination ofv a receptacleand foot impression means disposed therein `and comprising a removableunit embodying a base, an inking member adapted. to travel over saidbase longitudinally of the holder, and a roll paper holder between oneside of the said support and one side of the receptacle, and disposedvlongitudinally fof the holder, the opposite side of the receptaclehaving a slot through whichl paper from said holder may pass. 1 i

3. In a foot impression'takin'g de vi'ce,the combination of areceptacle, and a removable inking and paper-holding unit disposedtherein and embodying 4a base, a roll-paper'- holder'mounted on saidbase, an inking member extending 'over' the base in spaced relationthereto, they paper-roll-holgding member being arranged so that lthepaper ymay pass therefrom between the inln'ng piece whereby it may bemoved `to acpo'si- 1'25 the inln'n'g in em-y tion facilitating removalof ber 4from 'the support.

4. In a foot impression 'taking device, the combination [of a holder, aninlring unit'disposed thegein'and comprising a base, van lee endlessinking member passing around said base, an inking device on said baseoperating in contact with the inner surface of the inlring member andadapted to supply said surface with a suiiicient amount of ink foroperative purposes as an incident to the movement of the inking memberrelatively to the base, and means to support said base in a rigidnon-yielding 4manner relatively to the holder and spaced from the baseso that the base remains stationary during the inking action of saidinking device.

5. In a foot impression taking device, the combination of a holder, aninking unit disposed therein and comprising a base, an endless inlringmember passing around said base and spaced therefrom, an inlring deviceon said base operating in Contact with the inner surface of the inkingmember and adapted to supply said surface with a suiiicient amount ofink for operative purposes as an incident to the movement of the inkingmember relatively to the base, means to support said. base in a rigidnon-yielding manner relativelyto the holder and spaced from the base, sothat the base remains stationary during the inking action of said inkingdevice, the inking device consisting of an inking roller beneath thesupport and between said support and the inking member. 6. A footimpression device comprising a base having supporting means therefor tomaintain the base in a rigid, non-yielding position, an endless inkingmember passing about said base, means for causing movement of saidmember, an inking device between the inking member and the base andadapted to supply suilicient ink to the ink ing member during itsmovement to establish operative impressions, the inking membei'operating in spaced relation to the base whereby a sheet of' materialmay be introduced between the base and the inking member and remainspaced from the latter preliminary to an impression operation.

In testimony whereof l afiix my signature.

GILBERT Gr. ROSN.

